Who said what about the Telstra deal

“We regard this as a good outcome for the nation; a good outcome for our economy; a good outcome for the national broadband network; a good outcome for Telstra, and most critically, a good outcome for all Australians – individuals, families, small businesses – who stand to benefit from this fundamentally new technology able to turbocharge our nation’s future."

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

“Today’s agreement between Telstra and NBN is significant. It will be remembered as the moment the Australian government and the industry joined together to revolutionise the telecommunications sector in this country."

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy

“The agreement certainly takes us a step closer to achieving that mutually beneficial outcome which, as you know, has always been Telstra’s objective, and that outcome will be in the best interest of the Telstra shareholders."

Telstra chairwoman Catherine Livingstone

“The rollout of the NBN is not just about building the network, it’s vitally important that it goes hand in hand with reform of our sector."

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“It’s a positive for Telstra in terms of lifting some of the uncertainty that’s been overhanging the stock for more than a year during this whole NBN saga. But there is very little financial information that’s been given out, and it is a very conditional deal."

“It’s the common sense deal that everyone thought was going to happen. The devil will be in the detail. It’s a big headline number but we’ll need more details before we can work through costings."

Equity Trustees head of asset management Shaun Manuell

“We look forward to an acceleration of the rollout because of this. It will allow rollout in a lot of areas a lot quicker than would have otherwise occurred."

iiNet’s general manager of regulatory affairs Steve Dalby

“It’s a vindication [of the idea] that you can restructure the industry and still see the economic benefits."